Also note, there error i posted above does not change when i run SD in Verbose mode.

I origionally had Kx kit drivers installed for the card (audigy) however I figured that must have been the issue and threw the latest creative driver on instead, same error came up.

Note, i also ran into another issue when running this app. It would error out saying my card isn't compatible as it doesnt' support Direct3d. I ran Dxdiag and all tests passed with the exception of 9 (which my card doesn't support). All direct3d tests were fine however SD would not run. I ended up using the -GDI switch. Is this going to affect performance?